Curtain-support.



Patented Oct. 2, I900. E. DAMRAU. CURTAIN SUPPORT.

(Application filed July 12, 1900.]

No. 659,0l8.

' (No Model.)

VEA/TOR WITNESSES 6 r I I 7 ATTORNEYS NITE STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CU RTAIN- SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 659.018, dated October 2, 1900.

Application filed July 12, 1900.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMA DAMRAU, a citizen of the United States,residingat NewYork,

(Brooklyn,-) in the county of Kings and Stateof New York, haveinvented. certain new and useful Improvements in' Curtain-Supports, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled.

of this class, a further object being to provide a device of the class described which will support a curtain, portiere, or similar other article without the use of pins, hooks, or other fastening devices.

This invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form apart, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a front view of the upper portion of a window-frame provided with my im proved curtain-holder; Fig. 2, a plan view of the holder detached and on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3' of Fig. l and on an enlarged scale; Fig. 4, a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2 and on an enlarged scale; Fig. 5, a plan view of a detail of the construction,\\'l1icl1 I employ; Fig. 6, a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modification; and Fig. 7, a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6 and on an enlarged scale.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at A the upper portion of a window-frame, and in the practice of my invention I secure thereto at the opposite sides and near the top thereof two brackets B and mount therein a pole O of the usual form. The pole O is provided at one side (the front side as shown in the drawings) with two socket-plates D, one of which is shown in detail in Fig. 5, and these socket-plates are provided at opposite points with projections 11, through which screws are passed to secure Serial No. 23,349. (No model.)

them to the pole, and the said socket-plates are provided centrally with screw-threaded sockets, the opening to one of which is shown at d in Fig. 5, and in practice I pass through the arms I) of the bracket B a screw E, and the screws E enter the sockets in the socketplates'D and securely hold the pole O and prevent it from turning. One of the socketplates D is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, as is also the screw-threaded socket d connected therewith. v

I also provide two socket-plates F, which are exactly similar to the socket-plates D and are connected with the back of the pole 'atfin the same manner as the socket-plates D, and in connecting the curtain or other article with the pole I provide a bar G and a supplemental bar H, through which are passed screws 71. The bars G and H are preferably composed of metal and may be of any desired thickness, and the curtain or portiere is passed upwardly between the bar G and the pole G, and the upper end thereof may be folded over forwardly in front of said pole or downwardly and back wardly over the bars G and H. The bar H is also provided with a plurality of screws 71 which are passed 'therethrough and which bear on the bar G and press said bar against the curtain or portiere and against the pole G, and the said curtain or portiere is thus securely held in place without the use of pins, hooks, or other fastening devices.

The socket-plates D are not shown in secsocket-plates F, which are clearly shown in section. V

In Fig. 6 I have shown my improvement applied to what is known as a canopy support or holder for curtains, portieres, and similar articles, and in this construction I provide a canopy K of the usual or any preferred form, which is secured to the windowframe transversely of the top thereof, and the said canopy is open at the bottom,as shown at k, and provided with a front wall 10 and the front wall 10 takes the place of the pole O, and the bar G is connected with said front wall of the canopy K in the same manner as it is connected with the pole C when the latter is employed, and the screws 71 are emtion; but it will be understood that they are of the same form and construction as the.

ployed in connection with the bar H also in the same manner as hereinbefore described.

It will be understood that in the form of construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4 the bar G is free to move on the screws h, and this same construction, although it is not shown in detail, is employed in Figs. 6 and 7, and the bar H is also free to move on the screws h, while the screws 71/ serve to press the bar G firmly against the pole G and against the front wall 10 of the canopy K. I have also shown at L, both in Figs. 1 and 7, a portion of acurt ain, which is supported in the manner described, and in Fig. 7 the upper end of the curtain is shown as passed up between the front wall k of the canopy and the bar G, and in Fig. 1 the curtain is shown as passed up over the pole O and down between said pole and the bar G.

My improved support for curtains, portieres, and the like is simple in construction and operation and perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A support or holder for curtains, comprising a stationary member, a bar movably connected with one side thereof, and a supplemental bar movably mounted rearwardly of the first-named bar, and set-screws which are passed through the supplemental bar and adapted to bear on the first-named bar, substantially as shown and described.

2. A curtain-pole which is adapted to be mounted in brackets and provided with devices for preventing it from turning therein, a bar connected at its opposite ends with the rear side of said pole, and between which and said pole the curtain is adapted to be passed, a supplemental bar also connected at its opposite ends with the rear end of said pole rearwardly of the first-named bar, and adjusting devices which are passed through said supplemental bar and adapted to bear on the first-named bar, substantially as shown and described.

3. A curtain-pole provided with socketplates which are secured in the front side thereof near its opposite ends, and other socket-plates which are secured in the rear side thereof adjacent to its opposite ends screws passed into the sockets in the lastnamed plates, a bar connected with the rear side of said pole by said'screws which are passed through the opposite ends thereof, and a supplemental bar also mounted on said screws rearwardly of the firstnamed bar, and provided with set-screws which are passed therethrough and which are adapted to bear on the first-named bar, substantially as shown and described.

4. A curtain or portiere holder, comprising a stationary member, provided adjacent to its opposite ends with supporting devices a bar movably mounted on said devices, a supplemental bar also movably mounted on said devices rearwardly of the first-named bar and set-screws which are passed through the supplemental bar and adapted to press upon said first-named bar and to force the latter against the stationary member, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this llth day of July, 1900.

EMMA DAMRAU.

Witnesses:

T. A. STEWART, C. O. OLsEN. 

